Harems forming at Reef Rookery - cows starting to come ashore for breeding season and agglomeration of harems

Alaska, Pribilof Islands, St. Paul Island

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Idle bulls on parade ground

Alaska, Pribilof Islands, St. Paul Island

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Harems at Polovina Rookery

Alaska, Pribilof Islands, St. Paul Island

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Fur seal pups at Polovina Rookery

Alaska, Pribilof Islands, St. Paul Island

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Idle bulls at Gorbatch Rookery

Alaska, Pribilof Islands, St. Paul Island 1938

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A six-year old bull

Alaska, Pribilof Islands, St. Paul Island

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Harem with large fur seal bull and many cows

Alaska, Pribilof Islands, St. Paul Island

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Winter condition of rookery

Alaska, Pribilof Islands, St. Paul Island

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Pups learning to swim at Vostochnoi Rookery.

Alaska, Pribilof Islands, St. Paul Island

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Point Chiniak on the east coast of Kodiak Island

Alaska, Kodiak Island

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Seal rocks off Point Chiniak

Alaska, Kodiak Island

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Seal rocks off Point Chiniak

Alaska, Kodiak Island

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Gorbatch fur seal rookery

Alaska, Pribilof Islands, St. Paul Island

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Harem group on rock beach

Alaska, Pribilof Islands, St. Paul Island

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Telephoto shot of harem group

Alaska, Pribilof Islands, St. Paul Island

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Fur seal pups learning to swim at Vostochnoi Rookery

Alaska, Pribilof Islands, St. Paul Island

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The KOKI MARU, a fur seal harpoon boat or tsukimbo sen. When seals are sighted, three hunters shoot from the low platform. The shooters, using hand signals, direct the helmsman who stands atop the tiller house at the stern. Harpoons at the side of the shooting platform are used for retrieving carcasses.

Japan

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Retrieving a fur seal with a four-pronged gaff while in pursuit of another seal. The second animal appears as a splash where the buckshot charge has struck.

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Fur seals to be weighed, measured and skinned.

Alaska, Gulf of Alaska

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Recovering a dead seal with a dipnet

Alaska, Gulf of Alaska

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View of Sitka from offshore. This was the center of Russian-Indian fur-sealing